Alberta to boost doctor spending by 22% as detail of upcoming budget shared | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted February 23, 2026 4:51 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Alberta government says it plans to increase physician spending by more than 20 per cent in its upcoming 2026 budget. Premier Danielle Smith said her government will spend $7.7 billion […]
‘It’s not a freebie’: Ford government defends OSAP changes as opposition continues | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario Premier Doug Ford is showing no signs of revising his changes to student loans or tuition fees, saying OSAP “is not a freebie anymore” and that “money doesn’t grow on trees” as opposition continues to bubble. Both the Ontario Liberals and NDP have brought groups of students to the legislature in recent days […]
Liberals accept Tory budget changes on sweeping cabinet power proposals – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The federal Liberals accepted a Conservative proposal Monday to put guardrails around proposed new cabinet powers as they debated the government’s omnibus budget bill. The Liberal government’s budget implementation legislation, Bill C-15, proposes to give federal ministers the ability to temporarily exempt individuals or corporations from some non-criminal federal laws — an approach the government refers to as “regulatory sandboxes.” Some members of […]
Canada won fewer Olympic medals than past years. Why was 2026 a challenge? – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Now that the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games have come and gone, Canada ended up finishing lower in the medal count than in previous years. At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Canada secured 26 medals, and at the PyeongChang Olympics in 2018, the country won 29, marking these Games as the most successful Canadian performance in […]
In his 1st year, Carney doubles Trudeau’s time out of the country – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Before he’d even been prime minister for a week, Mark Carney was in the air, en route first to Paris, for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and then over to London to sit down with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Since then, Carney has hardly stopped, and by the time he marks […]
After latest tariff twist, Doug Ford says he ‘can’t wait’ for U.S. midterms | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he “can’t wait” for midterm elections in the United States, after a Supreme Court ruling on tariffs did little to alleviate trade pressure on the provincial economy. A ruling from America’s top court on Friday concluded President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal” tariffs and duties on Canada related to fentanyl […]
Nova Scotia budget set to be delivered, with spending cuts expected – Halifax | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Nova Scotia Finance Minister John Lohr is set to deliver the provincial budget today for the new fiscal year. Residents can expect to see spending cuts, which will likely result in service cuts as well. Some cuts have already started as the government announced last week it was closing three provincial museums as well […]
Parti Québécois aims for 4th consecutive byelection win in Quebec – Montreal | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Parti Québécois is looking for its fourth consecutive byelection win today in the riding of Chicoutimi, north of Quebec City. The riding had been a PQ stronghold before Andrée Laforest captured it twice for the Coalition Avenir Québec, first in 2018 and again in 2022. […]
What’s a Canadian firm under defence industrial strategy? It’s complicated – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The federal government’s new defence industrial strategy wants to prioritize Canadian manufacturers and suppliers — but what exactly qualifies as Canadian is “complicated,” experts and the industry itself say. The $6.6-billion plan unveiled last week aims to boost the number of contracts awarded to Canadian firms to 70 per cent, up from 43 per […]
U.S. importers still paying Trump’s illegal tariffs even after Supreme Court ruling
[ad_1] Despite Friday’s Supreme Court decision that ruled President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are illegal, U.S. importers are still paying duties on goods entering the country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has yet to update its Cargo System Management Service to remove the duties imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act […]